Store-front and show-case construction.



A. G; HIGGINS.

Patented Mar. 16,1909.

ff/z'cfIc/cf /6' APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1908.

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'l 'ALBERT G. HIGGINS,- OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO R. M. HVENS,

OF. KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI.

STORE-FRONT AND snow-CASE CONSTRUCTION.

y" No. 915,599.

l Specification of Ijetters Patent. l Application sled July 22, 190s. serial Nc. Messe.

. Patented March 1e, 1eo9.-

' {Fo-all whonitt may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERT G. HIGGINS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Store-Front and ShowfCaSe Constructions, of which the followings a Speiication.

Thisl mvention relates to store front and struction of the c aracter mentioned ern- Athe' desirable features of simplicity,

strength, durability and cheapness.

llith these general objects 1n view the inf. `ventrion consistsln certain novel and peculiar .features of construction and combinations of .parts -as hereinafter described and claimed; 8nd in-order-.that it may be fully 'understood reference is to be had to the aceompanyin'g drawings, in -whichc- .Figure 1. 1s a vertical section of a part ot a "pfshowL 'embodying my invention.'v Fig.

p .-a'ihorizontal section taken on the line ofFig. 1.

.3 is a horizontal section=taken on the lineIII-III of Fig. l.

i dis a` vertical segtionon the line Il' -IV i i- IfofjlEgg. 2. Fig.. 5 is a section on the line ofFig. 4. Fig. 6 is an end view of one of. the bars forming an element of the invention. Fig. 7 is-'adetail perspective view of a i modified form of such bar.

. In the said drawings, :a metal bar comprises a 4body-portion 1,- a pair of ribsl 2 pro- ]ecting from t e same face of said bar and a pair of flanges 3 projectin from the opposite sides of said ribs, the atterbeing proness as Vdisting ;uished from the ribs 2 of Fig.

I fwhich are of double thickness.

' F'onuniting the edgesof two glass plates, standing in the` same plane oredgewlse to# 1 gether, the-bars arev employed as shown 1n either Fig. 6. or 7. When itf is desiredv to l'unitef'ft'wo glass. plates standing at right ...form-asirgdicated by dotted lines 4 in Fig. 6` and in full lines in Fig. 2.

angles tofeach other 'as shown at the corner ofFig'. 2, the body-portion of the bar is bent along its longitudinal center-to right angle When it is deto unite to ether `two glasswplates Standing at an ang e to eaohother with the end of one oi them projecting beyond the inner face'` ofthe other as indicated atthe upper corner of Fig. 1, the body-portion of -the bar is bent by preference along its longitudinal center asbefore e laned, and thenoneo, the flanges 3 is dou led back on said bent 4"portion as indicated at dotted lines 5 in Flg. 6 and full lines in Fig. 1,' the 'said bent-back flanges being then again bent in thereverse direction as shown by dottedlines 6 in'Fig. 6, and full linesin Fig.' l. The

bar as bent in the manner last described is adapted primarily for uniting a vertical plate with a horizontal top late, and is designed to bc employed chie y in show case construction.

Referring now to Fig. 1, which illustrates a -show case construction, and Fig. 2 which may illustrate a Window front construction as well as' a show case construction,` 7 indi cates glass. plates arranged in alinement,"and engaging the same is a bar in which the bodyportion and the flanges stand in or approximately in the saine vertical plane, with the Y ribs rojecting'inwardly betweenvand engaging die adjacent vertical edges of said plates. At suitable points along the 1e h of. said bar nuts 8 of preferably inwar y-ta ering form are tted between said ribs an the latter are crimped or bent inwardly as at' 9 upon said nuts so as to secure the same in a substantially rigid relation with the bar. A strip of metal IO-preferably spring metaland of arched form with respectl to said plates, is then fitted against the inner sides of the latter so as to bridge the s' ace between them, and a series of screw olts 11 farefitted through said referably resilient strip and screwed into t e said nuts for the purpose of clamping the glass plates firmly in position. This construction as be readily seen provides a reliable connection between two glass 'plates without exposing the fastening` then elements, viz., thescrew-bolts and nuts to .'.view from the outside of .the case, it being further obvious that'a person at the outer sideof the window or case cannot remove or tamper withfsuch fastening elements. .12 indicatesVv a glass plate `standing at right angles to plate 7 -and united thereto in'thev .same manner -as angles to each athen-the body-portion forming acorner of the Window or case and the iianges embracing the outer faces of the ad jacent glass plates. In this construction it is necessary to insert the nuts from one end of the angle bar and then slide them-to the of the form shown in Eig. 2, though obviously a plate of the jsame crosssectional Itorni as plate 10, may be. employed. For the purpose of uniting-a top'plateto a side or end late of ashow case, a bar of the third type escribed is employed, the same being arranged between.- the plates asshown in Fig. .1.' The nuts-are also placed and secured in .position as .alread described With reference to the corner bar, ut the'bolts are y preferably fitted throughs. resilient plate 14 caring at its lowerfedge against the inner side of the' underlying'glass,-^and rovided lat its upperedge with an outwar y 'rejecting arm '15 which engages the undersi e of the top plate 16 ar1 the rib of the bar projectingdoxvn.

ward lrom' said'top-plate, it being obvious of course,4 that an arched plateY of the type-- shown in Fi'g'; may be employed instead of plate 14. e topplate rests squarely on the bent-back e Sand its edge is snugly embraced by the ange 6 at the outer edge of flange 3 so that there is no chance of the-top p plate slipping out of position. Inpractice,

owever,'the top maybe secured more reliably in the position-described by the use .of a suitable cement not shown, in addition to tlange'. y

The bottom ofthe window -or show case will preferably consist'ofa plate 1I? terminate ing atits edgesin a step ISunderIying the side and end Walls with'the riser-portion '.19 bea against the inner sides -ofrsaidglass plates, the latter being prevented from outward movement by a bead-or-iiange 2O of any suitable typein window front .construct-ion, but- `preferably forming the upper edge of a metal bar 21 in show-case construction,r which ,bar in the last-named construction is preferably of channeled forrnin cross -section and 'provided witha pair` of inwardly projecting parallel ribs 22 to receive between them at suitable points, nuts-23 for'th'e re f Y ception of screw-bolts 21 extending through an angle-iron base 25 mounted as shown or otherwise upon supportinglegs '26, it supporting legs are desired.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a bar u hich can e adapted forthe securing of glass plates together irrespective of their relative positions,

and a Window front construction or sho -ca'se embodying such -barsin which they are 'l utilized with certain 4accessories not onl `to` bind the glass plates together t'it in W 'cli the bars hidev from and render si. ch accessories inaccessible to a person standing, at the. outside of the Window-,or case, and While I have illustrated and described the preferred construction, it is to -be understood' thatv I reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall Within the-spirit. and scope of the ap ended claims.V 1 y r 'Havmgthus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:-. y

1. A bar provided With-ia pair of ribs projecting from'the same face ofthe bar and crimped or bent inwardly or 4toward each other at a suitable point, lin combination 'with anut fitted between the ribs at .and held by said crimped or bent portion.

2. Abar provided with a pair jecting from the 'same face of lthebar and ,criiinped or bent inwardly or toward each oth er at-a suitable point, in combination'with a nut ttedbetvveen the ribs at-'andheld by said crimped or bent portion, a pair of lass' plaz es tting against the face of the bar roi'nl which ribs project and also against theouter sides of said ribs, a clamping strip bridging the space between said-plates and' bearing 'against the inner sides of the latter, and pro-1 vided with a perforation opposite the said nut,f'and a bolt extendin through said lperforation and engaging sai p nut.

3. The combinationWit-h abar provided with a pair of'ribs projectingfrom one of its vfaces and crimped or bent toward each other at a suitable point, a pair ot' glass platesjfitting against the face of the bar from which the ribs project and also bearing edfrewise against the outer sides of said ribs, a cblanipingl'strip bridging the space between said glass plates, and a bolt and nutconnection or clamping the bar and strip against the said-plates and reliably held one end betpgeenthe crimped or bent portions of said r1 s. v

testimony whereof I atlix my signature, in the presence oftwowitnesses.

` ALBERT G. HIGGINS. 'ilVitn'essesA L. B. WHERRrrT, G. Y. -Tnonrn of ribs pro- I 

